Kaeber Rog

Photo by: Luke Martin

Photo by: Will Becque

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-1
Weight:
215
Hometown:
Willemstad, Curacao
High School:
Trinity Christian Academy
Prev School:
Eastern Florida State
Major:
University Studies

2023 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)

Games/starts (all at SS): 57/57 ... BA: .281 ... HR: 4 ... RBI: 33 ... MVC-only: Games/starts: 27/27 ... BA: .313 ... HR: 4 ... RBI: 19 ... 2023 Collegiate Baseball Magazine Pre-Season All-American team ... 2023 MVC Pre-Season All-Conference Team ... Ended the season with a season-high 10 game hitting streak ... Ended the season with a season-high 17 game reached base streak ... Had 9 fewer chances in the field in 2023 vs. 2022; committed 10 errors in 2023 after committing 18 in 2022 ... led the team in walks (31).
CAREER: Games/starts: 117/117 ... BA: .323 ... HR: 18 ... RBI: 89 ... Slug %: .520.

2022 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)

2022 Collegiate Baseball Magazine Third Team All-American ... 2022 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year (SIU's first since 2005, P.J. Finigan) ... 2022 MVC Newcomer of the Year (SIU's first since 2002, Toby Barnett) ... 2022 All Missouri Valley Conference First Team SS (SIU's first All-MVC SS since 2005 P.J.Finigan) ... .405 batting average in MVC-only games led the MVC by 21 points ... Other MVC-only games stat rankings: #1 in slugging percentage (.709), #1 in on-base % (.500), #2 in hits (32), #2 in walks (18) and #1 in assists (5 errors in 21 games) ... MVC all games stat rankings: #1 in hits (89), #4 in batting average (.362), tied for #3 (J.T. Weber) in RBIs (56), and tied for #6 (Grey Epps and Mason Hull) in HRs (14), and #7 in walks (33) ... His 89 hits were good for 14th in the nation and were the fourth most in a single season in SIU history ... His 14 home runs were tied for the sixth most in one season in SIU history ... His 152 total bases were the third most in a single season in SIU history ... His 21 doubles were tied for the sixth most in SIU history ... 246 at-bats were the third most in a single Saluki season ... Had one, multi HR game (2 at DBU Apr. 23) ... Had 25 multi hit games with a high of four hits in three games ... Ended the season with an eight game hitting streak ... Had a season-high hitting streak of 13 games in late March-early April ... Opened the season by hitting safely in each of SIU's first 12 games ... Had 13 multi RBI games with a season high four coming Mar. 26 vs. Butler ... Struck out just 30 times in 246 at-bats in 60 games (one strikeout every eight at-bats) ... Started and played in all 60 games.

EASTERN FLORIDA ST. (2021)

All-Florida College System Activities Association-Southern Conference Team ... Played in 32 games ... BA: .354 ... OBP: .420 ... AB: 127 ... K: 16 ... Had a season-high 4 hits in one game.

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (2019 and 2020)

2020: 12 games, 6 starts ... BA: .154 ... OB%: .290 ... 2019: 31 games, 25 starts ... BA: .197 ... OB%: .288 ... HR: 1.

HIGH SCHOOL

2018 (Senior): All-District 7 team ... BA: .437 ... 2017 (Junior): All-District 7 team .... BA: .436 ... Team: Florida High School Athletic Association Class 2A State Champion ... Team: W-L Record: 23-7-1, 6-0.

PERSONAL

Born Feb. 11, 2000 in Arnhem, Netherlands ... Hometown is Willemstad, Curacao ... Full name is Kaeber Ayrton Gemy Rog ... Parents are Gemy and Natasha Rog ... Has one older sibling, Kelhi ... Majoring in university studies.